Baby Garment with Removable and Replaceable Portion

ABSTRACT

A garment with a removable and resealable portion across the front.

BACKGROUND

Babies often wear garments that cover them entirely, but yet have openings to allow changing the baby's diaper and to enable clothing changes. Babies get dirty when they eat. When that happens, the entire garment then needs to be changed.

SUMMARY

The present application describes a special baby garment which has a removable and replaceable front part that enables the baby to be kept dry and safe, to keep the baby healthy, happy, clean and dry and assist in making the mom stress less.

The removable and replaceable part enables replacement of the area near the baby's mouth/face. This carries out very easy changing and unchanging as well as keeping the baby warm and safe since the baby does not need to be changed as often. According to an embodiment, the system is referred to as the “Baby Luv Shib”.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the Drawings:

FIG. 1 shows a wearer of the garment, the garment itself, and the removable part which is attachable to the main garment;

FIG. 2 shows the garment on the wearer with the removal part detached therefrom;

FIG. 3 shows the garment on the wearer with the removable part attached;

FIG. 4 shows the resealable strip being a zipper;

FIG. 5 shows the resealable strip being button; and

FIG. 6 shows the resealable strip being magnetic.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention describes an item of clothing with a removable part spanning the neck area of the clothing.

An embodiment, described herein, describes using a one-piece item of clothing, e.g, an item of clothing where The clothing is a single piece suit, having integral arms and legs, and having the openings at the ends of the arms for the hands to emerge an opening on the legs for the feet to emerge. The single piece part of the suit covers the shoulders, arms, stomach and legs. In one embodiment, this is a single piece item of clothing for babies.

The clothing can be a sleeper, shirt or any other clothing.

The clothing can be made of any material preferably a material that is hypoallergenic and non-rash forming, such as mixed cotton, polyester or other baby-safe material.

A removable portion 130 is removable from the rest of the clothing item. The removable portion 130 detaches from shoulder to shoulder, and down to a stomach area of the clothing allowing removal of the chest portion of the sleeper when that portion is dirty, thus enabling putting on a new portion without changing the clothing entirely. In this way, for example when the baby (or child) eats, and in the process gets food on an area under their face, they can change only that part of the clothing, without changing the entire item of clothing.

An embodiment is shown in FIG. 1, where the baby 100 is shown next to the garment 110. The garment 110 is shown as a one-piece item of clothing, including leg portions 112, arm portions 114, and a neck area 120 which scoops downward from the shoulder areas at both sides 123, 124. and is cut out around the neck area.

The inner shape of the cut out portion 120 extends down from both shoulders 122, 123, towards the stomach portion, extending approximately to or just above the belly button area shown as 125, the lower most edge of the cut out. The outer shape of the cut out portion 120 is generally rounded at most points and avoids straight line areas. The edge of the cut out portion defines a perimeter, and the outer edge of the cut out portion includes a resealable strip fastener 122 extending along that perimeter. In an embodiment shown in FIG. 1, 122 is a first resealable strip, which is shown in this embodiment as hook and eye material (e.g, Velcro™), however can be any other closure mechanism including other removable material in other embodiments, as described herein.

The removable portion 130 is seperable from the shirt part of the garment 110, and attachable to the shirt part. The removable portion 130 itself has a resealable strip 132, a ‘second resealable strip’, that extends around the perimeter of the removable portion. The removable portion is sized and cut to a similar shape to the cut out portion 120, but slightly larger than the cut out portion 120 by at least a margin of a size of the resealable strip. In this way, the first perimeter of the first resealable strip on the garment 110, is the same size as the second perimeter of the second resealable strip on the removable portion 130.

In operation, the main part of the clothing 110 is put on the baby 100 first as shown in FIG. 2, covering the torso area other than the open chest/neck area 120, but covering the baby's arms and legs. This leaves the neck area 125 open with the strip 122 thereon surrounding the open area 120.

Then, the removable portion 130 is attached by attaching the connection portion 132 on the perimeter of the removable 130 to the corresponding connection portion 122 on the other clothing.

At this point the baby is fully covered as shown in FIG. 3, with the removable portion 130 attached to cover the entire open portion 120. In the embodiment, the removable strip 132 surrounding the lower perimeter of the removable portion 130 mates to and attaches to the correspondingly sized and shaped strip 122 surrounding the shoulder and stomach portion of the clothing 110.

In one embodiment, the removable strip covers only the front portion of the clothing 110 as shown in FIG. 1. The removable strip 122 begins at one shoulder 122, and extends continuously down towards the stomach area although generally curved, generally curving across the stomach area above the belly button, and generally curving back up to the other shoulder area at 123. There is no closure mechanism, (in this embodiment, Velcro™) in the rear portion 140 of the clothing 110 or the rear portion 141, 142 of the removable portion 130. An additional advantage of this system is its safety: since it needs not be fastened completely around the baby's neck, there is less chance for baby strangulation of any type.

However, if the baby in the process of eating or the like soils themselves, then the removable portion 130 can be replaced without removing the entire item of clothing.

In an embodiment, the removable portion goes from the shoulder 122, to a bottom most location 125, which is for example, 8 inches deep in the chest area going around to the other shoulder 123, to facilitate catching all food and debris.

The above embodiment describes using Velcro as the resealable and removable strip. In another embodiment, shown in FIG. 4, the removable strip 400 connects via a zipper 410 to the item of clothing 420. The removable item 400 can thus zip on and off of the item of clothing.

In another embodiment, shown in FIG. 5, the removable strip 500 uses buttons, where there are buttons such as 510 on the removable strip, and buttonholes such as 511 on the item of clothing or on the removable portion.

In another embodiment, shown in FIG. 6, the strip is a magnetic strip 600 which connects to a correspondingly shaped and sized magnetic strip 605.

In other embodiments, this can use ties which tie on, magnets, or other kinds of closure mechanisms such as electrostatic closure mechanisms. For example, the removable portion can be electrostatically charged to electrostatically hold to the open portion of the clothing.

In another embodiment, this can be used on any item of clothing which includes a shirt portion. For example, this can be used as part of a baby shirt or child shirt, without the necessity for covering the legs also.

The previous description of the disclosed exemplary embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these exemplary embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A garment, comprising: a shirt part, having a top and a bottom, having at least sleeves at a top portion, where the top portion is configured to cover at least shoulders of a wearer and to cover a portion, but not all of, a stomach of the wearer, and where the garment includes a cut out portion defined by a first perimeter extending from a first shoulder down towards the stomach of the wearer, across the stomach of the wearer and extending back up to a second shoulder of the wearer, the cut out portion defining edges of an open portion within which there is no material, and the first perimeter of the cut out portion surrounding the open portion, and including a first resealable strip extending along the first perimeter; and a removable part, separable from the garment, and attachable to the garment, the removable part sized and cut to a similar size to the cut out portion, but slightly larger than the cut out portion by at least a margin of a size of the first resealable strip, where a second perimeter of the removable part includes a second resealable strip thereon which mates with the first resealable strip and holds thereto, until separated; where a first path of the first resealable strip on the garment is the same size as a second path of the second resealable strip on the removable portion; and where the first and second resealable strips are attached to one another to hold the resealable portion into place covering the entire cut out portion extending across the chest of the wearer and under the neck of the wearer, and where the resealable portion is removable from the garment to leave open the open portion.
 2. The garment as in claim 1 further comprising a second removable part, having a third resealable strip of the same size and material as the second resealable strip, where the second removable part can be resealed into place in place of the removable part, by sealing the third resealable strip in place of the second resealable strip.
 3. The garment as in claim 1, wherein the resealable strips are hook and eye material.
 4. The garment as in claim 1, wherein the resealable strips are a zipper.
 5. The garment as in claim 1, wherein the first resealable strip extends from a shoulder of the garment down towards the stomach to the other shoulder of the garment, but does not extend behind the neck of the wearer, and the second resealable strip is of a similar shape and size of the first resealable strip and does not extend behind the neck of the wearer.
 6. The garment as in claim 1, where the garment is a single piece suit, having integral arms and legs, and having the openings at the ends of the arms for the hands to emerge and opening on the legs for the feet to emerge.
 7. The garment as in claim 1, where the garment is a shirt.
 8. The garment as in claim 1, where the garment is made of cotton, polyester or other baby-safe material. 